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> Also known as complying with local laws. No. The US executive branch via government agency can't tell a website to silence speech, that's a violation of the

> Also known as complying with local laws. No. The US executive branch via government agency can't tell a website to silence speech, that's a violation of the first amendement. That's exactly what happened with Twitter. Twitter didn't comply with any law, Twitter just did the binding of the US executive branch when it came to censorship. Completely unlawful.

RandomLensman 3y ago
Was it unlawful for Twitter to voluntary do so?
- thepangolino 3y ago
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sandworm101 3y ago
I think they can. Twitter isnt a public forum. It is a private entity. They very much can shut down any speech they want. They can also do so in response to government requests. Pure unbridled freedom of speech only really exists in public spaces. The insides of privately-owned servers are not a streetcorner, courthouse step or city park.
- bombolo 3y ago
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  - sandworm101 3y ago
    Lol. Dont assume that anyone with a bit of american legal knowledge is automatically also an american.
    - dang 3y ago
      Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - dang 3y ago
    Attacking other users will get you banned here. Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting to HN. Edit: we've had to warn you more than once about this kind of thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34073142 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34073142 (Dec 2022) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34073137 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34073137 (Dec 2022) I don't want to ban you, but if you keep posting unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments, and/or keep breaking the site guidelines, we're going to end up having to.
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RandomLensman 3y ago

Was it unlawful for Twitter to voluntary do so?

thepangolino 3y ago
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sandworm101 3y ago

I think they can. Twitter isnt a public forum. It is a private entity. They very much can shut down any speech they want. They can also do so in response to government requests. Pure unbridled freedom of speech only really exists in public spaces. The insides of privately-owned servers are not a streetcorner, courthouse step or city park.

bombolo 3y ago
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- sandworm101 3y ago
  Lol. Dont assume that anyone with a bit of american legal knowledge is automatically also an american.
  - dang 3y ago
    Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 3y ago
  Attacking other users will get you banned here. Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting to HN. Edit: we've had to warn you more than once about this kind of thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34073142 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34073142 (Dec 2022) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34073137 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34073137 (Dec 2022) I don't want to ban you, but if you keep posting unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments, and/or keep breaking the site guidelines, we're going to end up having to.

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